diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index f14d20f46e..1dba319b9c 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pycadf>=1.1.0
 pycrypto>=2.6
 PyECLib==1.0.7                          # BSD
 pyghmi>=0.6.11
-pyinotify>=0.9.6 # MIT
+pyinotify>=0.9.6;sys_platform!='win32' and sys_platform!='darwin' # MIT
 pykmip>=0.4.0  # Apache 2.0 License
 pymemcache>=1.2.9,!=1.3.0  # Apache 2.0 License
 pymongo>=3.0.2